Real Madrid appoint Xabi Alonso as manager on three-year contract
25 May 2025, 10:21 | Updated: 25 May 2025, 12:09
Real Madrid have appointed Xabi Alonso as their new manager on a three-year contract.
The Spaniard - who made 236 appearances at the LaLiga club as a player - replaces Carlo Ancelotti, who is to take charge of the Brazil national team from Monday following his last game at Real Madrid on Saturday.
Alonso, 43, announced his Bayer Leverkusen departure earlier this month after a successful two-and-a-half-year spell at the German club, having won a league and cup double last season and falling just short of a remarkable unbeaten treble with defeat to Atalanta in the Europa League final.
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